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13 May 2015, 7:48 am by Doug Cornelius
See the KBR case: SEC Action for Stifling Whistleblowers in Confidentiality Agreements. [read post]
22 Apr 2015, 2:13 pm by Seyfarth Shaw
KBR Could Be Applied to Private Companies McKessy was also asked whether the SEC would apply the KBR Order to private companies under the U.S. [read post]
22 Apr 2015, 7:13 am by Tom Kosakowski
 The follwoing will serve terms through the next annual conference: President: Reese Ramos, Sandia National LaboratoriesVice President: Teresa Ralicki, American Red CrossSecretary: Ilene Butensky, Eaton CorporationTreasurer: Janet Hill, KBR, Inc.Related posts: IOA Elects Board Officers for 2011-12 Term; Election Opens for 2012 IOA Board of Directors;  IOA Opens Election for 2013 Board; IOA Opens Election for 2014 Board of Directors; IOA… [read post]
19 Apr 2015, 4:49 pm by Kevin LaCroix
”     The SEC imposed a cease and desist order on KBR as well as a civil money penalty of $130,000. [read post]
13 Apr 2015, 6:12 am by Mark Astarita
 According to the SEC, KBR required witnesses in certain internal investigations interviews to sign confidentiality statements with language warning that they could face discipline and even be fired if they discussed the matters with outside parties without the prior approval of KBR’s legal department. [read post]
10 Apr 2015, 7:39 am by Jason Starling
The SEC viewed this language as possibly discouraging employees from becoming whistleblowers even though there was no evidence that KBR had ever used the agreement in that manner. [read post]
8 Apr 2015, 12:00 pm by Robert Varian
  Though the form itself was not required by KBR policy, it was included in the company’s Code of Business Conduct Investigation Procedures, and KBR’s investigators asked witnesses to sign the statement at the beginning of an interview. [read post]
7 Apr 2015, 2:13 pm
KBR required witnesses in certain internal investigations interviews to sign confidentiality statements with language warning that they could face discipline and even be fired if they discussed the matters with outside parties without the prior approval of KBR’s legal department. [read post]
7 Apr 2015, 6:48 am by Joy Waltemath
“The clear message from the SEC in sanctioning KBR is that companies need to scrutinize their employment agreements to make sure that those agreements don’t impede whistleblowers,” Marshall suggested. [read post]
7 Apr 2015, 2:00 am by Doug Leavitt
In this action, the SEC charged that engineering firm KBR, Inc. violated whistleblower protection rule 21F-17 under the Dodd-Frank Act. [read post]
7 Apr 2015, 2:00 am by Doug Leavitt
In this action, the SEC charged that engineering firm KBR, Inc. violated whistleblower protection rule 21F-17 under the Dodd-Frank Act. [read post]
6 Apr 2015, 12:52 pm by Andrew Ledbetter
KBR also undertook to make reasonable efforts to notify U.S. employees who had signed the confidentiality statement that KBR’s permission is not required to communicate with any governmental agency regarding possible violations of federal law or regulation. [read post]
6 Apr 2015, 3:25 am by Broc Romanek
As noted in this press release, KBR agreed to pay a $130k civil penalty and take other remedial actions. [read post]
4 Apr 2015, 3:32 am by Jon Gelman
KBR required witnesses in certain internal investigations interviews to sign confidentiality statements with language warning that they could face discipline and even be fired if they discussed the matters with outside parties without the prior approval of KBR’s legal department. [read post]
3 Apr 2015, 10:06 am by Andrea Gold
  KBR recently settled the case, agreeing to pay a $130,000 fine and to change its confidentiality agreement. [read post]
2 Apr 2015, 7:32 am by Joe Consumer
”  And the problem is not limited to KBR. [read post]